Hosea 2:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:1-5

The first words of this chapter some make the close of the foregoing chapter, and add them to the promises which we have here of the great things God would do for them. When they shall have appointed Christ their head, and centered in him, then let them say to one another, with triumph and exultation (let the prophets say it to them, so the Chaldee?Comfort you, comfort you, my people, is now their commission), ?say to them, Ammi, and Ruhamah; call them so again, for they shall no longer lie... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:5

For their mother hath played the harlot ,.... Or committed idolatry; which is the reason why she is to be pleaded with, and why the Lord will not own her as his wife, or be a husband to her; and why she is to be exhorted to put away her whoredoms from her; and was in danger of all the above evils coming upon her, continuing in the same practice; and why her children were children of whoredoms. Though the connection may be with the verse following, "for" or "because their mother hath played... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:5

That give me my bread - See the note on Jeremiah 44:17-18 ; (note), where nearly the same words are found and illustrated. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:5

Verse 5 He afterwards declares how the children became spurious; their mother, who conceived or bare them, has been wanton; with shameful acts has she defiled herself בוש bush, means, to be ashamed; but here the Prophet means not that the Israelites were touched with shame, for such a meaning would be inconsistent with the former sentence; but that they were like a shameless and infamous woman, touched with no shame for her baseness. Their mother, then, had been wanton, and she who bare them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

The prophet exhibits the gross sin of idolatry. The prophet in this section exposes the shame as well as sin of idolatry. It is a mistaken notion to suppose, with some, that the tribe of Judah is here urged to plead with the tribes of Israel; for Israel cannot, with any propriety of speech or figure, be spoken of as the mother in this case, however possibly they may be addressed as brethren and sisters. The Church or nation is the mother, and the individual members, as nursed and brought up... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

Spiritual adultery. The individuals of the nation are exhorted to plead with their mother Israel, that she may turn from her adulterous courses, and so avert the doom which is otherwise certain to overtake her . Consider— I. ISRAEL 'S SHAMELESS PROFLIGACY . ( Hosea 2:2 , Hosea 2:5 ) The sin charged against Israel is that of adultery, in her relations with Jehovah. Owing to the peculiarity of these relations, the sin was of a specially aggravated kind. 1. The people had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-7

Jehovah's condemnation of faithless Israel. In Hosea 1:1-11 . the prophet has Fainted a "vigorous fresco" (Ewald) illustrative of his domestic sorrows. And now he presents an explanation of the sad picture in its prophetic meaning. The supreme thought of the Book of Hosea is that of Jehovah's conjugal love for Israel, which she by her unfaithfulness had so foully dishonored. Here, in Hosea 2:1-23 ; accordingly, we have an allegory suggested by the prophet's symbolic marriage with Gomer;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:5

Nor their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath dons shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers. The charge of idolatry under the figure of harlotry, spiritual harlotry, is reiterated. "Mother" is repeated in and emphasized by the parallel words, "she that conceived them." A somewhat similar form of expression is that in Psalms 58:3 , "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies." To bosh, to be ashamed,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:5

The delusions of the ungodly. Israel sinned, not only by forsaking God and by worshipping the idols of the heathen, but by defending this conduct—by justifying her apostasy, and attributing to the supposed deities her mercies and enjoyments. This is a common case with sinners; who first do wickedly in departing from God, and then give God's honor to another, praising those whom they have substituted for the great Giver for what they owe to him alone. I. THE UNGODLY ATTRIBUTE THEIR... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:5-9

The philosophy of the Divine chastisements. The punishment of Israel, while retributive, was designed also to be reformatory. It would display the Divine wisdom. Consider— I. THE DELUSION UNDERLYING ISRAEL 'S DEVOTION TO THE IDOLS . ( Hosea 2:5 , Hosea 2:8 , Hosea 2:12 ) 1. The nature of the delusion. The root of it was the notion that her prosperity was attributable to the assiduity of her service of the idols. It was they, she thought, who had given her her... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 2:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:2-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 2:5

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